Ask serial number while installing

Hi
Is it possible to add a VI or something to ask for a serial number while installing the set up so that the set up is run only once (to prevent unauthorised distribution).
Thanks..

Copy protection is a difficult subject. Microsoft, National instrument, CAD and ECAD producers have different copy protect regimes. Do they work? Not very good at all. If a software is popular enough it will be "cracked". Of course this is not legal, but well try to tell  that to the illegal users. One thing you can do is to take the CPU serial number and perhaps the network card MAC. Then have your customer to send you the number(s). Mix those numbers to key file. That your software reads. This could give some protection quite cheap. Some sort of dongle is not a bad idea. This way your customer can install the software on several machines. But they can only use as many licenses simultaneous as the number of dongles they have. If they feel you are to greedy with your license policy your costumer may be tempted to "crack" your software. Life is hard as software manufacturer 
Message Edited by Coq Rouge on 05-03-2010 05:15 PM
Besides which, my opinion is that Express VIs Carthage must be destroyed deleted
(Sorry no Labview "brag list" so far)

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